Riversdale (Kenmare)

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Riversdale (Kenmare)

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House name	Description
Parkgariffe	The representatives of Reverend D. Mahony were leasing a house valued at £9 to Barbara Strange at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. This property was included in the sale of the Freeman estate in 1850, when it was occupied by Mrs. Elizabeth Strange, under a lease dating from 1828. Bary states that it was later lived in by the Spottiswood Green family. There is still an occupied house at the site but it may have been altered.
Dunkerron House	Lewis records that Dr. Taylor was occupying a property adjacent to the ruined castle at Dunkerron in 1837. In 1814, Leet refers to Dunkerrin Castle as the seat of George Cashell. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, Joseph Taylor was leasing a property there valued at £16 15s from Deane Freeman. Bary states that Joseph Taylor was an agent for the Landsdowne estate. The Taylor property then passed to Dr. Thomas Taylor who built Dunkerron House. In 1906 this was the property of Sir John C. Columb and valued at £22. The property is still extant but extensive housing development has taken place in the demesne.
Tubbrid House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John M. Hickson was occupying Tubbrid House, parish of Templenoe, valued at £9. Bary states that the house was built by the [O]'Mahony-Hickson family. There is still an occupied house at the site though it may have been altered. .
Dromneavane	Rev. John O'Sullivan was leasing a property valued at £8 5s from the Lansdowne estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Labelled Dromneavane on both the 1st-edition and 25-inch Ordnance Survey Maps. A house still exists at the site.
Lansdowne Lodge	William S. Trench, Lord Lansdowne's agent, was occupying this property at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £27. In 1837 Lewis refers to it as the residence of the then agent, J. Hickson. Bary states that it was the home of the various agents of the Lansdowne estate throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was demolished in the latter decades of the twentieth century and a housing estate built on the grounds.
Reenmore House	Rev. John Day was leasing a property valued at £12 15s from the Lansdowne estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This may have been the conjoined property labelled Sound House and Fir View on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map. On the 25-inch map of the 1890s, Sound House has become known as Reenmore House. The are still extant buildings at the site.
Sheen Cottage/The Falls	George Woodhouse was leasing a property valued at £6 from the Lansdowne estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. On the 1st edition OS map the house in this townland is named Sheen Cottage. On the 25-inch map of the 1890s it is labelled The Falls. It is now the Sheen Falls Lodge hotel. See www.sheenfallslodge.ie.
The Cottage (Kenmare)	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Francis Downing was a leasing a property at Mucksna, Kenmare, to Agnes Godfrey, when it was valued at £9. This may be the property which Bary refers to as Tom Moore's cottage, still extant and occupied.
Roughty Lodge	According to Bary, Roughty Lodge was owned by Capt. Massey Herbert in the 1820s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was being leased by Mrs. Elizabeth Herbert, nee Orpen from John Dunscum and was valued at £9. It is still extant and in 2009 was offered for sale.
Shelburne Lodge	In 1786 Wilson refers to "the Earl of Shelburne's lodge at Kenmare". William Lawrenson was leasing Shelbourne Lodge at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £10. The lessor is named as Garrett Riordan though Bary states that the house was part of the Lansdowne estate and may, in the eighteenth century, have been used by the estate agent. It has had several owners since its sale in the early twentieth century but is still extant and now run as a guesthouse. See www.shelburnelodge.com
Greenlane	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, George Mayberry owned this property, valued at £9. Lewis refers to is as the seat of Mrs.Mayberry in 1837 and Leet as the residence of John Maybury in 1814. In 1906 it was owned by Francis Mayberry and valued at £5. Bary states that it was in the possession of the Maybury family from the eighteenth century until the 1940s. Prior to that it was associated with the Duckett family. It was demolished in the later twentieth century.
Killowen House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Edward Orpen was leasing this property from the Landsdowne estate when it was valued at £3. Lewis mentions it as the occasional residence of H. Orpen in 1837. In the 1770s it was noted by Taylor and Skinner but no proprietor is given. Bary notes that this property was originally in the possession of the Taylor estate but was was taken over by the Orpens in the early eighteenth century. It passed through marriage to the Palmer family. It was demolished in the twentieth century
Marino Lodge	In 1906 John Columb owned this property, then valued at £6 10s. There are two bathing lodges in this area at the time of Griffith's Valuation, Marino Lodge and Clashganniv. These properties seem to have been part of the Langford estate.
The Shrubberies (Kenmare)	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Kenmare Board of Poor Law Guardians were leasing this property from Nathaniel Irvine as an Auxiliary workhouse, when it was valued at £37. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map it is labelled Monastery but on the later 25-inch Map of the 1890s it appears as The Shrubberies. It is still extant.